† preˈvide, v. Obs.
Also 8 præ-.
[ad. L. prævidēre to foresee, anticipate, f. præ, pre- A. 1 + vidēre to see; in late L. used for providēre to provide.]
a. intr. To provide. b. trans. To foresee.
| c 1420 Lydg. Assembly of Gods 946 Whyle Vertu thus preuydyd For hym and hys pepyll the feld for to wynne. 1543 St. Papers Hen. VIII, III. 443, I..perceyve howe your excellent wysdome prevideth your princely affaires to no small comforte of me. a 1660 Contemp. Hist. Irel. (Ir. Archæol. Soc.) III. 116 Some of the comaunders (..preuidinge what after hapned). 1784 tr. Swedenborg's New Jerusalem §275 It is to be noted that there is providence, and praevidence; good is what is provided by the Lord, but evil is what is praevided. |
So † ˈprevidence Obs. [late L.], foresight.
| c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. v. pr. vi. 83 (Sk.) For which it nis nat y-cleped previdence, but it sholde rather ben cleped purviaunce. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Previdence (prævidentia), fore⁓seeing, or fore-casting. 1784 [see above]. |